As a bios update will require a reboot anyway, have you considered just using a Linux Live CD (e.g. SuSE Desktop), putting the bin file on a USB key, mounting the USB key in the live OS and then try to flash from there?
> have you considered just using a Linux Live CD ... ? ~ this is what I have been doing all along. I use knoppix 6.2, based lenny and on kernel: ~ knoppix@Microknoppix:~$ uname -r 2.6.31.6 ~ with my USB micro drive ~ Is there a specific reason why you are suggesting to me to use SuSE? ~ The guys at ducea.com were able to easily do it using a live CD based on etch, but one of the needed libsmbios* libraries doesn't exist anymore in lenny, namely: libsmbiosxml* ~ Since many people out there are using live CDs for all kinds of things, I think DELL should also prepare their live CDs for those sorts of things ~ Thanks lbrtchx
I actually used an etch-based liveCD without any problems whatsoever (even if it was a Greek version of knoppix) I found here: ~ http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/knoppel/knoppel/knoppel-08/knoppel-08.iso ~ and these very well written instructions ~ http://www.ducea.com/2007/08/27/dell-bios-firmware-updates-on-debian/ ~ Now if I could find similar instructions to update the ESM so that the fans are not so noisy! . . . :-) ~ Than you lbrtchx
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As a bios update will require a reboot anyway, have you considered just using a Linux Live CD (e.g. SuSE Desktop), putting the bin file on a USB key, mounting the USB key in the live OS and then try to flash from there?
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Dell only supports Red Hat and SuSE as an OS, so their bin files for updates should work with one of those OSes for sure.
As Red Hat doesn't do a linux live CD from what I've seen, but SuSE does, I suggested SuSE.
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> have you considered just using a Linux Live CD ... ?
~
this is what I have been doing all along. I use knoppix 6.2, based lenny and on kernel:
~
knoppix@Microknoppix:~$ uname -r
2.6.31.6
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with my USB micro drive
~
Is there a specific reason why you are suggesting to me to use SuSE?
~
The guys at ducea.com were able to easily do it using a live CD based on etch, but one of the needed libsmbios* libraries doesn't exist anymore in lenny, namely: libsmbiosxml*
~
Since many people out there are using live CDs for all kinds of things, I think DELL should also prepare their live CDs for those sorts of things
~
Thanks
lbrtchx
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January 26th, 2010 19:00
I actually used an etch-based liveCD without any problems whatsoever (even if it was a Greek version of knoppix) I found here:
~
http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/knoppel/knoppel/knoppel-08/knoppel-08.iso
~
and these very well written instructions
~
http://www.ducea.com/2007/08/27/dell-bios-firmware-updates-on-debian/
~
Now if I could find similar instructions to update the ESM so that the fans are not so noisy! . . . :-)
~
Than you
lbrtchx